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		  Cultural Sites</A> <BR> <A HREF="#ChineseNewYearSites">Chinese New Year's
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		  <A HREF="#Mid-AutumnFestival">Mid-Autumn Moon Festival</A></FONT></P> </CENTER>
	 
	 <P><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><B>Webmaster's Note</B>: If you want to
		find web sites about China, there are lots. Go to one of the large search
		sites, such as <A HREF="http://www.altavista.com" TARGET="_top">Altavista</A>,
		and enter "republic of china", in double quotes as shown, for a search
		criteria. Understand that you'll get info for both Taiwan, (Republic of China),
		and the PRC, (People's Republic of China). And if you find other sites that are
		interesting, <A HREF="mailto:fcc_bc@yahoo.ca">let me know</A>, and I'll add
		them to this list.</FONT> </P> 
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				COLOR="#80FFFF"><B><A NAME="GeneralCulturalSites">General Cultural 
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      <TD><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A HREF="http://www.cccvan.com"
				TARGET="_top">Vancouver's Chinese Cultural Centre</A> Lots of 
        info on Chinese culture and info on events and courses here in Vancouver.</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A
				HREF="http://www.fwcc.org" TARGET="_top">Main FCC Site</A>. Parent 
        organization's site with lots of information and lots more links.</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A
				HREF="http://www.china-embassy.org" TARGET="_top">Chinese Embassy 
        in the USA</A>. An excellent site full of info on Chinese culture, government, 
        history, and the issues that face China today.</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A
				HREF="http://www.chinesebusinessworld.com" TARGET="_top">Chinese 
        Business World</A>. Site about doing business in China, travelling China, 
        or simply finding out all kinds of info about China.</FONT> </TD>
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      <TD><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A
				HREF="http://www-chaos.umd.edu/history/welcome.html" TARGET="_top">Leon 
        Poon's Chinese History Site</A>. This guy's nuts to take on something 
        this big, but it's great.</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A
				HREF="http://veblen.acns.carleton.edu/~JOHNSOAJ/" TARGET="_top">Andrew 
        Johnson's List of China Web Sites</A>. A student's list of interesting 
        sites that he's found.</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A
				HREF="http://www.sinica.com/window-on-china/" TARGET="_top">Sinica's 
        Site</A>. Basically a book store, they claim to have over 1,000 books 
        on China available to purchase online. If you click on the "Mainland, 
        People's Republic of China" link, you'll also get a long list of links 
        to other China related sites.</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A
				HREF="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/dest/nea/chi.htm" TARGET="_top">Lonely 
        Planets China Guide.</A> Lots of info and a cool map.</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A
				HREF="HTTP://www.chinapage.com/china.html">China The Beautiful</A>. 
        A lovely site maintained by Dr. Ming L. Pei, who's love of Chinese culture 
        is enormous.</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A HREF="http://www.china-net.org"> Chinese 
        Community Forum</A>. An interesting mix of news, culture and newsletter.</FONT> 
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      <TD><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A
				HREF="http://chineseculture.miningco.com/mlibrary.htm">Mining 
        Co.'s Cultural Sites.</A> Commercial site with an excellent list of more 
        resources.</FONT> </TD>
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      <TD><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A
				HREF="http://www.china-guide.com/entertainment/">Site for Buying 
        Chinese Interactive CDs (Mandarin Courses, History, Art, etc.)</A></FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A
				HREF="http://www.zhongwen.com">Zhongwen.Com</A>. Chinese Characters 
        and culture, history of characters, online dictionary</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A
				HREF="http://www.chinasprout.com">China Sprout</A>. A fun site 
        that contains lots of cultural stuff for sail, such as music, clothing 
        and art, and resources on China adoption.</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A
				HREF="http://www.asiaforkids.com">Asia For Kids</A>. An excellent 
        company that sells Asian stuff, (such as Chinese dolls, instead of the 
        usual kind with blonde hair and blue eyes,) for kids. Not cheap, but cool.</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><A NAME="ChinaGuide"></A><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A
				HREF="http://www.china-guide.com">China Guide</A> - Collection 
        of culture and retail. Information on acupuncture, Chinese medicine, education, 
        entertainment.</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A
				HREF="http://www.ilovechina.net/">I Love China</A>. Chinese magazines 
        and newspapers, info on Chinese churches, organizations, and culture.</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A
				HREF="http://www.mandarintools.com">Mandarin Tools</A>. Dictionary, 
        (character lookup!) Flashcards, all kind of great stuff on Mandarin.</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A
				HREF="http://www.span.com.au/100women/index.html">One Hundred 
        Famous Chinese Women</A></FONT><A NAME="OneHundredWomen"></A></TD>
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      <TD><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A
				HREF="http://www.magmacom.com/~mtooker/cities/index.htm">My Home 
        Town</A> contains information on just about every major city in China.</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A
				HREF="http://www.bearcanada.com">Bear Children's Choir of Hong 
        Kong</A>. CDs from one of the premier Chinese Children's Choirs</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A
				HREF="http://www.childbook.com">Child Book.</A> Lots of Chinese 
        stories, music and videos for kids for sale.</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A
				HREF="http://www.chinesetapes.com/">Chinese Tapes</A>. Great site 
        with lots of cultural tapes for kids, movies, music, DVDs. Disney movies 
        in Mandarin!</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><a href="http://www.ccnc.ca/toronto/history/index.html"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Chinese 
        Canadian Photo Exhibit</font></a><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">. 
        An interesting photo and text display of Chinese Canadian lives.</font></TD>
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				COLOR="#80FFFF"><B><A NAME="ChineseNewYearSites">Chinese New Year
				Sites</A></B></FONT></TD> 
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			 <TD><font face="Arial" size="-1"><a href="http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/chinesenewyear/">Enchanted
              Learning's Chinese New Year for Children</a>. Lots of great crafts
              and information.</font></TD> 
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			 <TD><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A
				HREF="http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/chinese_new_year.html">Chinese
				New Year</A> Site maintained by a U Vic faculty member. Excellent info on what
				to do on all 15 days of New year, recipes, superstitions, taboos, and
				decorations.</FONT></TD> 
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			 <TD><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A
				HREF="http://www.new-year.co.uk/chinese/">Chinese New Year</A> More info on the
				festival, and the ability to send electronic cards.</FONT></TD> 
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			 <TD><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A
				HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1465/chinese.html">Chinese New
				Year</A> More general info, recipes, info on the Chinese Zodiac, and the
				symbols of New Year.</FONT></TD> 
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			 <TD><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A
				HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1465/chineselinks.html">Another
				List of Links</A> Lots more stuff on New Year.</FONT></TD> 
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				COLOR="#80FFFF"><B><A NAME="DragonBoatFestivalSites">Dragon Boat Festival
				Sites</A></B></FONT></TD> 
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			 <TD><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A
				HREF="http://www.canadadragonboat.com">Vancouver Dragonboat Festival</A>. The
				official web site for our own Dragonboat festival.</FONT></TD> 
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			 <TD><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A
				HREF="http://chineseculture.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa052998.htm">Mining
				Co. Site </A>Commercial site with a good synopsis of the festival and its
				history.</FONT></TD> 
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				NAME="Mid-AutumnFestival"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"
				COLOR="#80FFFF"><B>Mid-Autumn Moon Festival Sites</B></FONT></A></TD> 
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			 <TD><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A
				HREF="http://chinavista.com/experience/moon/moon.html">China Vista</A> Short
				description of the festival, and a couple of beautiful poems.</FONT></TD> 
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			 <TD><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A
				HREF="http://chinesefood.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa091698.htm">Mining Co.'s
				Mooncake Site</A>. Description, the legend, and at the bottom, four
				recipes.</FONT></TD> 
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			 <TD><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A
				HREF="http://www.roc-taiwan.or.jp/info/festival_c/moon_e/moon.htm">Republic of
				China (Taiwan's) Government Site</A>. Some nice graphics, some general
				information, and three Moon festival legends.</FONT></TD> 
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			 <TD><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A
				HREF="http://www.nas.com/jpcolbertart/seasons/midautcel.html">Celebrating the
				Mid-Autumn Moon Festival</A></FONT></TD> 
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			 <TD><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A
				HREF="http://www.chinapage.com/Moon/moon-festival.html">Chinapage's Moon
				Festival Links</A></FONT></TD> 
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			 <TD><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><A
				HREF="http://www.familyculture.com/augustmoon.htm">Family Culture's Moon
				Festival Site</A></FONT>, with lots of links to other sites.</TD> 
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